Lackluster Me

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Lackluster Me
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 6, 1997 (original)
2016 (remaster)
Recorded1997
Genre Rock
Length52:00 (original release)
49:13 (remaster) [1]
Label EMI Norsk (original)
Apollon records (remaster) [2]
Producer Lauren & Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
Savoy chronology
Mary Is Coming
(1996)
Lackluster Me
(1997)
Mountains of Time
(1999)

Lackluster Me is the second album released by the band Savoy. It was only officially released in Norway and Sweden. It sold a total of 15,000 copies there and received a Spellemannprisen nomination for best rock album.

Contents

In 2016, a remastered edition was released on CD and, for the first time, on LP. For this release, several tracks were shortened. [1]

Track listing

Trivia

"Flowers For Sylvia" is an homage to American poet Sylvia Plath.

"Sycamore Leaves" was previously recorded by a-ha on their 1990 album East of the Sun, West of the Moon .

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1997)Peak
position
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [3] 12

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